9.224 minSeason 2 • Episode 12
LatestRikka is acting strangely around Yuta, and it takes all of her courage to confess her true feelings to him.
As one of the thousands of Japanese students afflicted with "chunibyo," a state where they're so desperate to stand out that they've convinced themselves that they have secret knowledge and hidden powers, Yuta spent most of his middle school years living in a complete fantasy world. He's finally managing to overcome his delusions but his chunibyo have attracted the attentions of another sufferer, and she's decided that this makes him her soul mate.
Acting
Maaya Uchida's unhinged chuuni voice performance
Direction
Visual spectacle of imaginary battles vs mundane reality
Writing
Light novel adaptation that respects its source's heart
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
'Chuunibyou' entered Japanese vernacular after this series, originally coined by Hikaru Ijuin in 1999 to mock pretentious teens.
The 'Unseen Horizon' (不可視境界線 / Fushigi Kyoukaisen) became iconic anime shorthand for the painful gap between fantasy and growing up.
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